law en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /laː/ (Northumbria)
- (US) audio
- /lɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /lɑ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- lô
- /lɔ/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- lä (cot-caught-merger)
- /loː/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /loː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (Southern-England) audio
- (UK) audio
- /lɔ/ (Scotland)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lagą Old Norse lag Old Norse lǫgbor. Old English lagu Middle English lawe English law From Middle English lawe, laȝe, from Old English lagu (“law”), borrowed from Old Norse lǫg (“law”, literally “things laid down or firmly established”), originally the plural of lag (“layer, stratum, a laying in order, measure, stroke”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid down”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots law (“law”), Icelandic lög (“things laid down, law”), Faroese lóg (“law”), Norwegian lov (“law”), Swedish lag (“law”), Danish lov (“law”), Finnish laki (“law”). Compare typologically distant cognate Russian уложе́ние (uložénije). Displaced native Old English ǣ and ġesetnes. More at lay. Not related to legal, nor to French loi, Spanish ley, all of which ultimately derive from Latin lēx, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable, usually, with “the”) The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
In theory, entrapment is against the law.
Here one comes upon an all-important English trait: the respect for constitutionalism and legality, the belief in "the law" as something above the State and above the individual, something which is cruel and stupid, of course, but at any rate incorruptible. It is not that anyone imagines the law to be just. Everyone knows that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. But no one accepts the implications of this, everyone takes it for granted that the law, such as it is, will be respected, and feels a sense of outrage when it is not.
1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. I:Not unnaturally, "Auntie" took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:The courts interpret the law but should not make it.
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(countable, uncountable, usually, with “the”) The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. ▸ The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
property law
commercial hunting and fishing law
- (countable, uncountable, usually, with “the”) The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. ▸ Common law, as contrasted with equity.
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(countable, uncountable) A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
A new law forbids driving on that road.
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:The court ruled that the executive order was not law and nullified it.
There is a law against importing wallabies.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A rule, such as: ▸ Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
"Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow.
the law of self-preservation
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A rule, such as: ▸ A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
the laws of playwriting and poetry
The normal pronoun to use with "spirit" would be "it." But Jesus breaks the law of grammar and says not "when it," but "when he."
1997, Derek Prince, If you Want God's Best, →ISBN:
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A rule, such as: ▸ A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
Observing pi is easier than studying physical phenomena, because you can prove things in mathematics, whereas you can't prove anything in physics. And, unfortunately, the laws of physics change once every generation.
1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:This is one of several laws derived from his general theory expounded in the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
the laws of thermodynamics
Newton's third law of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A rule, such as: ▸ A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
Mathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A rule, such as: ▸ Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
the law of scarcity
The sum total of their acts forms a pattern of diachronic historical laws, describing the transition from one social system to the next, and also functional laws showing the interrelation of such features as technology, forms of property, class barriers, state institutions, and ideology.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 341:the law of supply and demand
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A rule, such as: ▸ A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
Dahl's law
Grimm's law
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) A rule, such as: ▸ One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
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(countable, uncountable) The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
They worked to maintain law and order.
It was a territory without law, marked by violence.
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(countable, informal, uncountable) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
then the law arrived on the scene
That was Joe's first confrontation with "The Law" / Naturally, we were easy on him / One of our friendly counsellors gave him a donut / And told him to stick closer / To church-oriented social activities
1979, Frank Zappa, “Joe's Garage”:Here comes the law — run!
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(countable, uncountable) The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
He is studying for a career in law.
She has practiced law in New York for twenty years.
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(countable, uncountable) Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
She went to university to study law.
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(countable, uncountable) Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc.).
They were quick to go to law.
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(countable, uncommon, uncountable) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
After a few minutes' waiting, two well-known runners, chosen for the hares, buckled on the four bags filled with scent, compared their watches with those of young Brooke and Thome, and started off at a long, slinging trot across the fields in the direction of Barby. Then the hounds clustered round Thome, who explained shortly, "They're to have six minutes' law."
1889, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, page 150:
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(countable, uncountable) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
normal law; alternate law; direct law
- (countable, uncountable) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
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(countable, historical, uncountable) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases “wager of law”, “wage one's law”, “perform one's law”, “lose one's law”.)
But, before the defendant takes the oath, the plaintiff is called by the crier thrice; and if he do not appear he becomes nonsuited, and then the defendant goes quit without taking his oath; and if he appear, and the defendant swear that he owes the plaintiff nothing, and the compurgators give it upon oath, that they believe he swears true, the plaintiff is barred for ever; for when a person has waged his law, it is as much as if a verdict had passed against the plaintiff; if the plaintiff do not appear to hear the defendant perform his law, so that he is nonsuit, he is not barred, but may bring a new action.
1846, Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd, A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections:As to the depriving the defendant of waging his law, it was thought, the practice merited discouragement, as a temptation to perjury.
1793, Richard Wooddeson, A Systematical View of the Laws of England, page 169:A withdrawal from a wager of law was an admission of the point as to which the law was waged; the defaulter also incurred a fine (i, 297).
2013, William Paley Baildon, Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield: Volume 2, 1297 to 1309, →ISBN, page ix:
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ordinance · prescription · standard · maxim · dictate · rule · statute · pandect · legislation · regulation · act · guideline · mandate · enactment · directive · order · law of nature · law · tenet · canon · decree · doctrine · constitution · corpus · convention · prohibition · code · edict
Translations (470)
sco law (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ovd lag (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sh пра́во (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · he חוק \ חֹק (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · qu kamachiy (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · yue 定律 (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · kmr yasa (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · alt јозок (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ky кай (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ur قانُون (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · mn хууль (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ka სამართალი (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ar قَانُون (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kk құқық (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · et seadus (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · sv lag (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · ceb balaod (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · pl zasada (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · alt закон (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hi विधि (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ko 법칙 (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · da lov (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ar حُقُوق (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ky закон (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · bg зако́н (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ug قانۇن (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · gag zakon (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ast llei (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ml നിയമം (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · he חוק \ חֹק (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · tg ҳуқуқ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · clt phungbie (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fi laki (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · cs zákon (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · uz huquq (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ne विधान (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · sv lag (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · my ဥပဒေ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · eo leĝaro (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ht lwa (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · hi क़ानून (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · es derecho (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fa حُقوق (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · mn ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · he דִּין (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ja 法則 (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ar قَانُون (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · sk zákon (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · chr ᏗᎧᏃᏩᏛᏍᏗ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ug ھوقۇق (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · kk заң (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · uz huquq (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · es ley (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hi नियम (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ga dlí (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · he עֲרִיכַת דִּין (the legal profession) · ckb یاسا (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · hi विधान (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · dsb pšawo (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · az qanun (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ky заң (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sh пра̏вило (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · or ଆଇନ୍ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ru пра́во (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sv regel (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fa قانون (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · sq ligj (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tk kanun (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · th กฎหมาย (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · sid higge (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tr asayiş (informal: the police) · lb Droit (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · cy deddf (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · lb Gesetz (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fi sääntö (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · te చట్టము (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · kl inatsit (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · da loven (informal: the police) · vec lexe (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hi सिद्धांत (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · hy օրենք (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hi विधान (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · pt lei (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · te చట్టము (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ce ӏедал (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fa قَانُون (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · nl wet (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tr tüze (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · nl wet (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · ko 법 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · tr yasa (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · ky укук (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sv rätt (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · hy օրենք (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ky жосун (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · lld lege (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ang dōm (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · blt ꪩꪺꪒ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · my ဥပဒေ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · pt direito (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tl batas (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fr théorème (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · la iūra (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · aot niam (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · kn ನಿಯಮ (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · mww cai (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · zza huquq (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ru поли́ция (informal: the police) · wuu 法律 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ms peraturan (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · am ሕግ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kmr zagon (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · is lögmál (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · fa قَانُون (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · da lov (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · kn ನಿಯಮ (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · fi kytät (informal: the police) · rup nom (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · la lex (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · uk зако́н (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · tr kanun (informal: the police) · sh prȁvilo (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · alt закон (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · cs zákon (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · abs wet (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · yi געזעץ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · da lov (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · vi pháp luật (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ar شَرِيعَة (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ang ǣ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sw kanuni (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · ar قَانُون (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · el δίκαιο (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · umc lixs (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ja 法則 (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · scn règula (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sh zákon (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fa قانون (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · sh prȁvilo (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tr yasa (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · atv чозок (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · he מִשְׁפָּט (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · hu törvény (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · sl zakon (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · hi क़ानून (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · myv права (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · te నియమము (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · bn আইন (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · pt lei (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ru зако́н (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · cy deddf (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · ab азакуан (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ckb یاسا (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · es ley (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · hsb zakoń (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ca llei (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · pau llach (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · izh zakona (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sh zákon (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tt канун (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · mk закон (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fa حُقُوق (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fr droit (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ta சட்டம் (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fi laki (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ext lei (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · twf láyna (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hu jog (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · it legge (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · hu törvény (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kn ಕಾಯ್ದೆ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ru зако́н (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · orv законъ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fa قَانُون (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ro lege (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · scn liggi (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fo lóg (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nb lag (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fi lainsäädäntö (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ca llei (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · scn liggi (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fr loi (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · lo ກົດໝາຍ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · hu rendőr (informal: the police) · enm lawe (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · wal seeraa (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · rup zãcon (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · rup leadzi (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nl recht (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · de Gesetz (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · bua хуули (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · uz qonun (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · bg зако́н (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · pl prawo (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · fa قانون (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ms hukum (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · bn কানুন (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · scn norma (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nb lov (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · pt lei (informal: the police) · de Gesetz (informal: the police) · ru зако́н (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ko 법칙 (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · zh 法律 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · te న్యాయశాస్త్రము (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · so xeer (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · zh 定律 (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · grc νόμος (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · yue 法律 (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · zh фалү (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · az hüquq (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · is lög (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tr kanun (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · da lov (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · cs zákon (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · myv витьчи (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · pl stróż prawa (informal: the police) · ja 法律 (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · vi luật (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fa قانون (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · lt teisė (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tg қонун (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sk zákon (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fr loi (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · zza soret (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · wa lwè (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · mt liġi (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · cdo 法律 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nah nauatili (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · zza asayış (informal: the police) · pl reguła (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ja 法 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ang ǣ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ia lege (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · am ሕግ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · yue 法律 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · te సిద్ధాంతము (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · zh 法律 (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · enm lawe (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fr loi (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · lt dėsnis (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · vi luật pháp (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · mr कायदा (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nrf louai (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ro lege (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ee se (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ko 법률 (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ur حُقُوق (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · id hukum (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ht lalwa (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ja 律 (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · de Gesetz (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · tt хокук (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ms undang-undang (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · id hukum (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sl pravo (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · lv likums (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · ast llei (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · zza heqat (the legal profession) · kmr qanûn (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · zza soret (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · vec leje (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ar نَامُوس (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · et seadus (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · zza qanun (diq) (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ta சட்டம் (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · de Gesetz (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · te సూత్రము (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · bn নিয়ম (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · scn liggi (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · umc lixs (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · sh právo (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · shn မၢႆမီႈ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tr kanun (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · blt ꪶꪀꪒꪢꪱꪥ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · nb lov (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · bn আইন (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ml നിയമം (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sa नियम (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · tpi lo (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sw sheria (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · et reegel (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · scn liggi (the legal profession) · af wet (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · it legge (the legal profession) · sv lag (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · gl lei (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · oc drech (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · pl reguła (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · cs zákon (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · it legge (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kk заң (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kmr yasa (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · pau llach (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · scn dirittu (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · scn liggi (informal: the police) · de Gesetz (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · mnc ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ ᡶᠠᡶᡠᠨ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · pt lei (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ga dlí (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ur قانُون (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hak 法律 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nv bee hazʼáanii (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · si නීතිය (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · bn নিয়ম (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · el νόμος (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · tg қонун (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · kum закон (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hi नियम (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · rup nom (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ext derechu (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · mt liġi (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · vo lon (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tpi lo (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · cjs чозақ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kmr zagon (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kmr qanûn (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · got 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸 (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fur leğ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · tl batas (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · pl prawo (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ru зако́н (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · haw kānāwai (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ang dōm (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ne नियम (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · pro ley (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · pl prawo (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tr yasa (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · km ច្បាប់ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · bal کانود (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · as আইন (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · eu lege (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · bal قانود (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · scn jussu (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · mg lalana (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · af wet (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · my တရား (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ps قانون (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · vec lege (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · lv likums (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ro lege (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · it legge (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · sv lag (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · kn ಕಾನೂನು (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · eo leĝo (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · tr kanun (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · vi pháp luật (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ga dlí (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · lv tiesības (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · scn liggi (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · tr kanun (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · sl zakon (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · he חוק \ חֹק (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · is lög (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · zh 定律 (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · sh пра̏вило (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ms undang-undang (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ne कानून (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · vec lège (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tr hukuk (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · zh 法律 (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · bg зако́н (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · shn တြႃး (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · cs právo (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · cu ⰸⰰⰽⱁⱀⱏ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fi laki (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · ca dret (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · dsb kazń (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fr loi (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · km ច្បាប់ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nn lov (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hu törvény (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ca llei (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · khb ᦀᦱᧆᦍᦱ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ro lege (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · eu lege (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · es ley (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · izh oikehus (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · rm dretg (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · mn хууль (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hy օրենք (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · cy deddf (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · sw kanuni (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · tl dalubbatasan (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fa قَانُون (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · mi ture (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ltg likums (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hi नियम (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · et õigus (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ee se (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · rup zaconj (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · pt lei (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · vo lonem (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · be зако́н (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ru пра́вило (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · th กฎหมาย (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · txb pele (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · gl lei (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · mk право (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ka კანონი (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ga dlí (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · ro lege (informal: the police) · sk právo (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · om seera (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · da ret (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · bo ཁྲིམས (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sl zakon (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · cu законъ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sl zakon (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · lmo leg (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · sah сокуон (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · zh 法律 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · la lex (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ae 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · oc lei (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · tr ilke (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · sh за́кон (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · it legge (informal: the police) · alt јаҥ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · br lezenn (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ky кай (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ce бакъо (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · os закъон (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · lo ກົດໝາຍ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ba хоҡуҡ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · et seaduspärasus (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · mn ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · fi laki (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · shn မၢႆမီႈ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · lt įstatymas (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · pl przepis (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nb lag (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · ti ስርዓት (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ti ሕጊ (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · se láhka (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · hy օրենք (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · za faplwd (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · nl wet (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · tr hukuk (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ia lege (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · bg зако́н (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · om seera (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · cy cyfraith (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · sa न्याय (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sah сокуон (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kn ಕಾನೂನು (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · grc νόμος (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sc lei (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sh за́кон (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · id undang-undang (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ast llei (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · fur leç (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · kk құқық (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · vi định luật (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · mnc ᡶᠠᡶᡠᠨ (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · es ley (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · hi नियम (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · so sharci (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · et seadus (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · la lex (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · sq ligj (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · enm lawe (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) · pal dād (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ky мыйзам (any rule that must or should be obeyed) · ru пра́во (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · el νόμος (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · de Recht (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · it legge (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) · ro drept (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) · or ନିୟମ (any rule that must or should be obeyed)